FIR against Minister’s Secretary

August 03, 2014 12:52 am | Updated 12:52 am IST - Bangalore:

The Lokayukta police on Friday registered a suo motu FIR against Kantharaj, Personal Secretary to Minister of State for Labour P.T. Parameshwara Naik, over allegations of corruption

They searched three premises on Saturday. A senior police officer said they had been flooded with oral complaints that Mr. Kantharaj was involved in large-scale corruption during the transfers of junior trade officers. The officer added that they received a tip-off that Mr. Kantharaj had also indulged in malpractice in approval to Industrial Training Institutes across the State.

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